meretrix

Significat (Anglès)

a female prostitute or courtesan

Conceptes

prostituta

puta

meuca

barram

barjaula

harpia

bagassa

Sinònims

lupa

scortum

prostituta

pallaca

lupānāria

prostibula

nonaria

meretrix meretricis

concubina

Traduccions

prostituta

prostituta

عاهرة

prostitute

whore

Hure

hoer

prostituée

prostituta

Prostituierte

puttana

harlot

πόρνη

Nutte

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

[ˈmɛ.rɛ.triːks]

Etimologia (Anglès)

From mereō, meritum (“to earn (a living)”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, feminine agentive suffix), literally “the earner”.